A Skeptical Review Of CBS’ Super Bowl Online Streaming Success

Also planned is a segment in which the living play-by-play announcers who have broadcast the Super Bowl on TV (Jim Nantz, Greg Gumbel, Al Michaels, Joe Buck, Dick Enberg and Jack Whitaker) recall those experiences. As reported by Variety and other outlets, CBS has opted to expand its free live stream beyond just the company’s website and make it available to standalone players via the CBS Sports app. And, unlike previous years in which numerous most popular commercials weren’t aired in the streaming feed, all of this year’s national commercials will be included in the feed.

By TIM DAHLBERG AP Sports Writer Jay Kornegay still finds it painful to talk about the last time the Denver Broncos were in the Super Bowl and the first snap of the game went over Peyton Manning’s…

CBS said a “record” audience live-streamed the Super Bowl on Sunday night, but did not immediately release exact figures. In selling this year’s game, CBS required all sponsors to run ads in the digital stream as well as the TV broadcast.

2 p.m. – Super Bowl Today (CBS) – The four-hour pregame show features an interview with President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, conducted by Gayle King.

If you have Verizon Wireless, you are in luck as you can watch the game on your smartphone and tablet without having to use data.

What teams are playing in the Super Bowl? And hey, you’ll get Kevin Harlan on play-by-play if you’re listening to it there, which is never a bad thing. Head to a sports bar or any restaurant that has a TV (TGI Friday’s comes to mind) and watch the game with complete strangers or bring your friends.

Be warned – we were hit with a bit of a delay on the live stream (about a minute and a half) so you might want to stay off Twitter if you’re desperate to avoid spoilers.

SlickVPN has also put goethe a pretty interesting infographic with stats and tips about watching Super Bowl 50.

It can be a pain in the ass to stream live sports, but this year’s Super Bowl 50 will be easy to watch on February 7, even without a cable subscription.

Windows 10: If you want to watch on the computer, but the stream in your browser isn’t working, you can also download-say it with me now, -the CBS Sports app for Windows 10 from the Windows App Store to stream it live as well.

Around 8:50 p.m. – Depending on the competitive nature of the game and quality of commercials, the halftime show is sometimes the highlight of Super Bowl Sunday. If you’re stuck experiencing Super Bowl 50 on a small screen (laptop, tablet, or smartphone), you’ve at least got numerous options. There are still 22 guys on the field at any one time and basically it’s a football game and you can’t forget that the primary responsibility is covering the game – making sure you have the right angle on a disputed call, making sure you’re covering all the different story lines.